Best Ever Albums

Re: #1 - You Are No One. - 2014 Weekly Listening Club

RockyRaccoon — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 12:22:45 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 01/20/2014 17:22

Finally worked my way to listening to this. I enjoyed it, really solid album. The first couple tracks were really really good, I love the incorporation of spoken word, it worked really well. The last track dragged a little for me, but not badly. I enjoyed it though, like I said, really solid album.

Re: #1 - You Are No One. - 2014 Weekly Listening Club

Anonymous — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 15:29:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/19/2014 20:29

Finally got around to listening to it after finishing up the last of the 2013 listening I wanted to do, I won't be so late to the party for the rest of these, so no worries. Anyways, I enjoyed it a lot. Far more active of ambient stuff than I was expecting. The first three tracks felt like there was something constantly bubbling underneath that exploded by the fourth into this huge, almost post-rocky thing. The noisey bits give me some Tim Hecker vibes, but I wouldn't quite put it up to that standard. I think the last track kind of felt like a bit of a tame conclusion, it had that theatrical post-rock feel to it as well, but I think it kind of meandered a bit. Anyways, overall I enjoyed it and since it's so short it makes it really easy to just throw it on.

Re: #1 - You Are No One. - 2014 Weekly Listening Club

Anonymous — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 08:38:07 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 01/15/2014 13:38

It sounds similar to Tangerine Dream, and I love Tangerine Dream. It doesn't seem to capture that beautiful landscape sound that Tangerine Dream does in Stratosphere. I liked this one, but it didn't exactly move me, which is a quality that ambient music needs to have to set itself apart. To me, there has to be something of substance within the music to be top tier ambient other than just being relaxing. Stratospere (which isn't exactly ambient) is a great example of such. I feel it's able to create this huge space-like atmosphere while being able to create this picture of a beautiful area that just goes on for miles and miles.

You Are No One is good. I like it, but the problem I find is that it doesn't set itself apart well enough. I feel like I could have a better experience when listening from other artists/albums in the genre such as The Orb, Tim Hecker, Biosphere, etc.

Also, I'm not an expert in ambient music or anything, I just know what i think makes what better. Good album though, I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Re: #1 - You Are No One. - 2014 Weekly Listening Club

HoldenM — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:36:28 GMT

Author: HoldenM

Posted: 01/15/2014 08:36

Love this. So good.

Re: #1 - You Are No One. - 2014 Weekly Listening Club

RockyRaccoon — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 22:53:28 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 01/15/2014 03:53

samistake2ice wrote:

you got some recommendations?

Sorry it took so long to get to this.

I do have some recommendations if you're interested. The two Patman listed for sure.

Also, these are all in my rotation of ambient-type music that I listen to when I study and stuff. Whether or not everyone would consider all of these albums to be ambient music, I'm not sure, but I do: